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Field Activity Details for field activity H298HW

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AKA: none

Other ID: H-2-98-HW

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Hawaii Sand Resources (MU135)

Principal Investigator(s): Monty Hampton, Michael Torresan

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Boomer, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Map reef-front sediment deposits off the leeward and north shores of Oahu.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: n/a

End Port/Location: n/a

Start Date: 1998-08-29

End Date: 1998-09-04

Equipment Used: Chirp, GPS

Information to be Derived: Location and thickness of reef-front sediment deposits.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Ran survey lines at 0.5 to 1 km line spacing, typically perpendicular to the shoreline, from the reef edge to ~100 meter water depth, from Makua to Barbers Point off leeward Oahu, and from 3 km east of Kaena Point to Waimea Bay off the North shore.

Staff: Jim Barry

Affiliate Staff:
Marc Ericksen (Sea Engineering
Inc.) - Technician
Harvey Eli (Sea Engineering
Inc.) - Captain

Notes: Vessel and equipment by Sea Engineering, Inc.

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Monty Hampton (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Mike Torresan (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Jim Barry (Sea Engineering, Inc. Technology Center) - Technician
Marc Ericksen (Sea Engineering, Inc.) - Technician
Harvey Eli (Sea Engineering, Inc.) - Captain

Location:

Hawaii (Leeward and North shores)

Boundaries
North: 21.6876 South: 21.26298 West: -158.2477 East: -158

Platform(s):

photo of Huki Wana
Huki Wana

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Chirp --- Boomer
Survey information
GPS --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data h-2-98-hw.060 (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format

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